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Blackthorn Wood

✦ Ancient woodland4 ha

WildlifeSeasonalBirds

Free entryDogs welcome4 ha

Getting here

53.26247, -0.72473

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Cow Parsley, Common Mallow, Elder +26 more · last seen 2022; Plants — Cow Parsley, Common Mallow, Elder +26 more · last seen 2022

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Barn Owl, Little Egret, Moorhen +44 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Barn Owl, Little Egret, Moorhen +44 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Elder, Common Chickweed, Hawthorn +7 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Green-veined White, Small White, Meadow Brown +32 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Green-veined White, Small White, Meadow Brown +32 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km

Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

16 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 64Cycling route

Named routeRef 64National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 647Cycling route32 km

Named routeRef 647Length 32 kmPoint-to-pointNational Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route1.2 km

Named routeRef 64Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route2.1 km

Named routeRef 647Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose

Main RouteCycling route495 m

Named routeRef 64Length 495 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route133 m

Named routeRef 64Length 133 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

6,802 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,802 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds24 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Coot · Mute Swan · Moorhen · Mallard · Tufted Duck +19

CootFulica atra2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
HobbyFalco subbuteo
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
TealAnas crecca2024
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
BitternBotaurus stellaris
RavenCorvus corax
Red KiteMilvus milvus
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
WigeonMareca penelope2024

🦌

Mammals2 species

springautumn

2025

Brown Hare · Hedgehog

Brown HareLepus europaeus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023

🐝

Insects16 species

summer

2025

Small White · Large White · Meadow Brown · Green-veined White · Brimstone +11

Small WhitePieris rapae2023
Large WhitePieris brassicae2023
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2023
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2023
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2023
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2023
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2023
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023
CommaPolygonia c-album2023
Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2024
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
PeacockAglais io2023
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2023
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2023
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2023

🌿

Plants48 species

spring

2024

Great Brome · Gypsywort · Least Duckweed · Marsh Thistle · Narrow Buckler-fern +43

Great BromeAnisantha diandra
GypsywortLycopus europaeus
Least DuckweedLemna minuta
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Narrow Buckler-fernDryopteris carthusiana
PignutConopodium majus
Tufted-sedgeCarex elata
Remote SedgeCarex remota
Hybrid CampionSilene dioica x latifolia = S. x hampeana
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Marsh ValerianValeriana dioica
Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum
Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Blunt-flowered RushJuncus subnodulosus
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Lily-of-the-valleyConvallaria majalis
Rat's-tail FescueVulpia myuros
Celery-leaved ButtercupRanunculus sceleratus
HopHumulus lupulus
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa
Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum
Black CurrantRibes nigrum
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
Water MintMentha aquatica
Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia
DewberryRubus caesius
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
Salix caprea x cinerea = S. x reichardtiiSalix caprea x cinerea = S. x reichardtii
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Dryopteris carthusiana x dilatata = D. x deweveriDryopteris carthusiana x dilatata = D. x deweveri
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
AspenPopulus tremula
Fen BedstrawGalium uliginosum
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Midland HawthornCrataegus laevigata
Garden RadishRaphanus sativus
Common CudweedFilago germanica
Common Meadow-rueThalictrum flavum
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Large-leaved LimeTilia platyphyllos
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,802 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds24 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Coot · Mute Swan · Moorhen · Mallard · Tufted Duck +19

CootFulica atra2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
HobbyFalco subbuteo
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
TealAnas crecca2024
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
BitternBotaurus stellaris
RavenCorvus corax
Red KiteMilvus milvus
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
WigeonMareca penelope2024

🦌

Mammals2 species

springautumn

2025

Brown Hare · Hedgehog

Brown HareLepus europaeus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023

🐝

Insects16 species

summer

2025

Small White · Large White · Meadow Brown · Green-veined White · Brimstone +11

Small WhitePieris rapae2023
Large WhitePieris brassicae2023
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2023
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2023
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2023
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2023
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2023
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023
CommaPolygonia c-album2023
Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2024
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
PeacockAglais io2023
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2023
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2023
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2023

🌿

Plants48 species

spring

2024

Great Brome · Gypsywort · Least Duckweed · Marsh Thistle · Narrow Buckler-fern +43

Great BromeAnisantha diandra
GypsywortLycopus europaeus
Least DuckweedLemna minuta
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Narrow Buckler-fernDryopteris carthusiana
PignutConopodium majus
Tufted-sedgeCarex elata
Remote SedgeCarex remota
Hybrid CampionSilene dioica x latifolia = S. x hampeana
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Marsh ValerianValeriana dioica
Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum
Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Blunt-flowered RushJuncus subnodulosus
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Lily-of-the-valleyConvallaria majalis
Rat's-tail FescueVulpia myuros
Celery-leaved ButtercupRanunculus sceleratus
HopHumulus lupulus
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa
Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum
Black CurrantRibes nigrum
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
Water MintMentha aquatica
Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia
DewberryRubus caesius
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
Salix caprea x cinerea = S. x reichardtiiSalix caprea x cinerea = S. x reichardtii
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Dryopteris carthusiana x dilatata = D. x deweveriDryopteris carthusiana x dilatata = D. x deweveri
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
AspenPopulus tremula
Fen BedstrawGalium uliginosum
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Midland HawthornCrataegus laevigata
Garden RadishRaphanus sativus
Common CudweedFilago germanica
Common Meadow-rueThalictrum flavum
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Large-leaved LimeTilia platyphyllos
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium